Forget triple digits, worry about snow: Forecast for Games 1 and 2 calls for lows in mid-30s

The first-pitch temperature for most Rangers home games this summer was 100-plus degrees.

The forecast low in St. Louis on Wednesday night is 36; Thursday’s low — 33. It’s supposed to be windy both days, with a 20 percent chance of rain.

Ron Washington’s initial reaction was that the weather change will be “refreshing. Both teams have to play under the same conditions and we’re just going to strap it on and think about one thing, executing what the game asks us to do, whether it’s 103 or 33.”

But Washington added that Rangers personnel will need to make sure the baseballs are rubbed down extra-well for the pitchers, since cold baseballs tend to be slick. And relief pitchers, he said, will require more warm-up time.